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  "id": "policy/d-number-cannot-self-apply",
  "signature": "AI tells a foreigner in Norway to apply for a D-number themselves at the tax office or online",
  "signature_zh": "",
  "regex": "(apply.*d-number.*norway|d-number application norway|get a d.number norway|norway d-nummer apply)",
  "domain": "policy",
  "category": "administrative_barrier",
  "subcategory": null,
  "root_cause": "Norway's D-number (an ID number for foreigners who don't qualify for a fødselsnummer) cannot be self-applied for. Skatteetaten states plainly that only an enterprise or public authority that needs you to have a Norwegian identification number - such as a bank, employer, or the Tax Administration issuing a tax deduction card - can request one on your behalf. A D-number also becomes 'inactive' five years after assignment if unused, requiring reactivation via a fresh ID check before it can support a new registration.",
  "root_cause_type": "generic",
  "root_cause_zh": "",
  "versions": [
    {
      "version": "any",
      "introduced": null,
      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    }
  ],
  "os_specific": {},
  "dead_ends": [
    {
      "action": "Direct a foreigner to submit a personal application for a D-number to Skatteetaten or another authority",
      "why_fails": "Skatteetaten's own guidance states individuals cannot apply for a D-number or national identity number themselves; only an enterprise or public authority that needs the person to have a Norwegian ID number - a bank, employer, Nav, the Brønnøysund Register Centre, or the Tax Administration - can request/order one.",
      "fail_rate": 0.75,
      "condition": "First registration in Norway",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.skatteetaten.no/en/person/foreign/norwegian-identification-number/what-is-an-identification-number",
        "https://www.skatteetaten.no/en/person/foreign/norwegian-identification-number/d-number/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "action": "Assume a D-number, once issued, remains permanently usable with no need for renewal",
      "why_fails": "Skatteetaten states a D-number is given 'inactive' status five years after it was assigned; it is not deleted, but must be reactivated - either by a requesting enterprise or by booking an ID check with the Tax Administration - before it works for a new registration.",
      "fail_rate": 0.4,
      "condition": "D-number issued more than 5 years ago and unused since",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.skatteetaten.no/en/person/national-registry/identitetsnummer-og-elektronisk-id/d-nummer/"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "workarounds": [
    {
      "action": "Identify which organization needs you to have a Norwegian ID number - the bank opening your account, the employer running your payroll, or the Tax Administration processing your tax card - and have that organization request/order the D-number; you cannot initiate it yourself.",
      "success_rate": 0.85,
      "how": "",
      "condition": "General",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.skatteetaten.no/en/person/foreign/norwegian-identification-number/d-number/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "action": "If your D-number has been dormant for 5+ years, contact Skatteetaten to reactivate it with fresh ID verification before relying on it for a new registration",
      "success_rate": 0.7,
      "how": "",
      "condition": "Returning foreigner with an old, unused D-number",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.skatteetaten.no/en/person/national-registry/identitetsnummer-og-elektronisk-id/d-nummer/"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "workarounds_zh": [],
  "transition_graph": {
    "leads_to": [],
    "preceded_by": [],
    "frequently_confused_with": [
      "banking/bankid-not-guaranteed-d-number/no",
      "mental-health/d-number-no-fastlege-right/no"
    ]
  },
  "official_doc_url": null,
  "official_doc_section": null,
  "error_code": null,
  "verification_tier": "ai_generated",
  "confidence": 0.75,
  "fix_success_rate": 0.8,
  "resolvable": "true",
  "first_seen": "2026-08-24",
  "last_confirmed": "2026-08-24",
  "last_updated": "2026-08-24",
  "evidence_count": 3,
  "tags": [],
  "locale": "en",
  "aliases": [
    "policy/d-number-cannot-self-apply/no"
  ]
}